Well, new to me anyhow. The first is the rather neat looking Call of Cthulhu: The Darkness Within which has been around on mobile phones for a while, but has now only just come to the iPhone. It's a classic puzzle-solving pointy-and-clicky that's apparently based on Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu RPG, though I can't really work out the relationship except that they share the same name. Hopefully Mayhem Studio will see the sense in releasing a downloadable PC version for a couple of bucks. Kotaku has some screens, and the tasty trailer is below.
Next, there's the Crysis of Cthulhu. I know even less about this, but the screenshots and concept art are promising. I do know it's a Crysis mod, set in South America, and there's a lot of flashlight action. Here's an early gameplay trailer, showing similar gameplay to the rather excellent Penumbra series (which I also raved about in my Top 5 Lovecraft Games):
Speaking of Penumbra, the third episode just popped out of nowhere. Penumbra: Requiem is an expansion of sorts to the second game (in that you'll need a copy of Black Plague to play it), which fleshes out the creepy plot -- you're trying to find your father in a research station built inside an abandoned mine in the Arctic Circle -- and retains the same moody atmosphere and psycho-trickery. It's exclusively puzzle based, however, and I'm not sure if I like this yet, but if you've played the first two, it's a no-brainer. Get it from GamersGate for less than $10. And here's a trailer:
Finally, this really isn't news at all, but a pointer to a Lovecraftian game I'd never heard of, and which I feel slightly embarrassed about. I came across The Legacy: Realm of Terror by way of Alec Meer's retro lookback at Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and while it looks like it has all the right ingredients, it doesn't hold up well.
Well, one thing I’m not doing is having fun. Maybe I’m spoilt by modern standards and associated snobbishess, but certainly this revisit to a game from my childhood has turned entirely sour by now.
And just for consistency, here's a video of the promising intro:
